Advertising display device



J. STRANDERS.

ADVERTISING DISPLAY DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.6. 1916.

1,332,695, I Patented Mai. 2,1920.

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A TTOH/VEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIENSTRANDERS, OF- BRQOKLYN; NEW YORK, ASSIGNDR T6 HARRY B. KRUGER, OF

NEW YORK, N. 'Y.

ADVERTISING DISPLAY DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1920.

I Application filed. December 6, 1916'. Serial No. 135,431.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it ,known that I, J 'ULI-EN STRANDERS, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Advertising Display Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates to improvements in advertising displaydevices, and particularly display devices in the nature of show cards tobe set up in connection with the goods to be displayed.

An object of the invention is to provide such a device which may be setup in such relation to, and supported by the goods to be advertised, asto provide for the goods an effective setting, and combining the goodsand display device in such an attractive and conventional manner as toreadilv attract interest and attention thereto. Another ob ject is toproduce such a device from a single piece of cardboard, or othersuitable ma terial, making its production comparatively economical, andwhich when not set up into display position, will be flat, therebyfacilitating shipping and protecting the same against damage.

With these and other objects in view, an embodiment of my invention isshown in the accompanying drawings, and this embodiment will behereinafter more fully described with reference thereto, and theinvention will be finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of my invention, showingthe same set up in display position,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device in its flattened position forstoring or shipping,

Fig. 3 is a side view of the same set up, and

Fig. 4 is a front view thereof.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, a practical embodiment of my improved displaydevice comprises a main display portion 10 having the general shape ofan inverted insosceles triangle. The upper portion may be of anysuitable contour, thus for instance, the corners may be cut as at 11 and12, or

the same may have a shape to conform to the design of the advertisingmatter printed thereon. .At each side of the lower part of the portion10 there are provided triangular supporting or strut portions 13 and 11, and .at the lower edges of the said strut portions, there areprovided extensions or base portions 15 and 16 respectively.

Score lines 17 and 18 are provided between the main portion 10 and thestrut portions, and score lines 19 and 20 are provided between the strutportions and the base portions 15 and 16. The ends of the base portionsare preferably shaped as at 21 and 22 to conform to the outline of thearticles to be displayed, to further enhance the attractive appearanceof the device.

In setting up the device the portions 13 and 14 are turned back from themain portions so that their lower edges contact, and the base portionsare bent up into flat position so that they extend outwardly from thesides of the strut portions, whereupon the articles 23 and 24c to bedisplayed are placed upon the said base portions, and against the sidesof the main portion, thereby supporting the main portion in uprightposition. The main portion, it will be noted, assumes an inclinedposition in set up position, but this, it will be understood may bevaried as desired by changing the direction of the score lines 21 and 22with relation to the junction between the main portion and the portions'13 and 14. It is not essential that the main portion 10 extend entirelyto the base portions.

I have illustrated and described a preferred and satisfactory embodimentof my invention, but it will be obvious that changes may be made thereinwithin the spirit and scope thereof, as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. An improved display device comprising a panel all parts of which aredisposed in a common plane and having portions hingedly connected to oneof its ends and adapted to be extended laterally therefrom in oppositedirections and in parallel relation to and in contact with a supportingsurface, said panel adapted for arrangement with the articles to bedisplayed at each side of the panel in contact therewith and disposedupon said hinged portions to thereby maintain the panel in an erectposition.

2. An improved display device, comprising an upright main displayportion supporting portions hingedly connected to said main displayportion, extensions hingedly connected to the lowermost edge of saidsupporting portions, and constituting base portions adapted to extendlaterally from said supporting portion With their under surfaces 1nengagement With the supporting surface for said device.

3. A display device comprising a main display portion, laterallydisposed base means upon which the goods are adapted to be placed, andsupporting means disposed between said base means and said main displayportion, the engagement of the goods on the said base means serving tofix the position of said base means to thereby maintain saidsupporting-means in position to support said main display portion.

4. A display device, comprising a main display portion, supportingportions hingedly connected to said main portion at each side thereof,and base portions hingedly connected to said supporting portions andupon which the goods are adaptedto be placed to maintain said maindisplay portion in erect position.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my lnventlon, Ihave slgnedmy name in presence of two subscrlblng Witnesses.

J ULIEN STRANDERS.

WVitnesses D. LEWIS MATTERN, -Mon M. WEINBERG.

